Thanks for giving this another look Joey. The images that I
referenced in
my recent post are newly supplied by the printing company. I
can open the
prisma.ai by loading it into adobe reader, but that doesn't
give me the
individual vectors and layers. I can work with that, but
cannot work with
the starburstTransparent.gif as-is. And frankly I haven't the
faintest idea
how I would go about redrawing it.

Good suggestion about posting to a freelancer forum. Thanks
Kathie

"JoeyD1978" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in
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> That's because they're bitmap images. You'd have to
"trace" these by hand
> with
> either Fireworks or Illustrator.
>
> You could try commissioning someone to do it for you on
Craigslist.org,
> www.getafreelancer.com, and any number of sites for that
matter.
>
> If you're doing this for a client, I'd suggest you tell
them that you'll
> need
> to redraw the artwork they supplied and that you'll need
a change order
> ($$) to
> do so.
>

Thanks so much for this, Linda. My life just became a whole
lot easier!

I am having a very hard time explaining to my client what
format it is that
I need these images in. I'm getting the feeling that I should
really have
more than just 1 graphics app. in order to do web design.
Because I only do
this as a sideline, and usually pro bono for charities, it's
hard to justify
the expenditure.

Hopefully the client will agree to pay to have the starburst
recreated.

Regards
Kathie

"Linda Rathgeber" <linda@studio780.com> wrote in
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> Kathie McLaughlin wrote:
>>
http://www.nexuspoint.ca/Graphics/prisma.ai
and
>>
http://www.nexuspoint.ca/Graphics/star.eps>>
>> The only image editing software I have is Fireworks
which sees these
>> files as flattened bitmaps. Can anyone out there
convert them for me to
>> a FW-ready png with vectors etc.?
>
> The prisma.ai graphic can be converted to FW ones. I
find that the easiest
> way to get AI vectors into FW is to open it in AI, and
then copy and paste
> into a new FW document. Here's the result.
>
>
http://www.playingwithfire.com/prisma.png>
> The star.eps image is a bitmap and, as Joey said, would
need to be
> recreated in vector format.
>
>
> --
> Linda Rathgeber - Adobe Community Expert
>
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/members/8.html>
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My client's printer has taken another stab at sending me the
star graphic;
it's in the same format as the prism that you were kind
enough to convert
for me last week. If you could spare me a few more minutes
would you look
at
http://www.nexuspoint.ca/Graphics/star.ai
and convert it for me to a
FW-readable png.

Thanks in advance,
Kathie

"Linda Rathgeber" <linda@studio780.com> wrote in
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> Kathie McLaughlin wrote:
>>
http://www.nexuspoint.ca/Graphics/prisma.ai
and
>>
http://www.nexuspoint.ca/Graphics/star.eps>>
>> The only image editing software I have is Fireworks
which sees these
>> files as flattened bitmaps. Can anyone out there
convert them for me to
>> a FW-ready png with vectors etc.?
>
> The prisma.ai graphic can be converted to FW ones. I
find that the easiest
> way to get AI vectors into FW is to open it in AI, and
then copy and paste
> into a new FW document. Here's the result.
>
>
http://www.playingwithfire.com/prisma.png>
> The star.eps image is a bitmap and, as Joey said, would
need to be
> recreated in vector format.
>
>
> --
> Linda Rathgeber - Adobe Community Expert
>
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/members/8.html>
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Kathie McLaughlin wrote:
> Hi Linda
>
> My client's printer has taken another stab at sending me
the star graphic;
> it's in the same format as the prism that you were kind
enough to convert
> for me last week. If you could spare me a few more
minutes would you look
> at
http://www.nexuspoint.ca/Graphics/star.ai
and convert it for me to a
> FW-readable png.
>
> Thanks in advance,

Thank you, thank you, thank you! You are wonderful. FINALLY I
can access
all those little bits and pieces!
Extremely gratefully,
Kathie

"Linda Rathgeber" <linda@studio780.com> wrote in
message
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> Kathie McLaughlin wrote:
>> Hi Linda
>>
>> My client's printer has taken another stab at
sending me the star
>> graphic; it's in the same format as the prism that
you were kind enough
>> to convert for me last week. If you could spare me a
few more minutes
>> would you look at
http://www.nexuspoint.ca/Graphics/star.ai
and convert
>> it for me to a FW-readable png.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>
> Here you go:
>
http://www.playingwithfire.com/starburst.png>
> You'll need to redo the gradients to make it exactly
like the original.
>
> --
> Linda Rathgeber - Adobe Community Expert
>
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/members/8.html>
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